A 57-Year-Old Man Comes to the Emergency Department with Severe

question 63

Multiple Choice

A 57-year-old man comes to the emergency department with severe right-sided eye pain and ipsilateral headache.  Furthermore, the patient reports severe nausea and describes seeing "halos" around objects.  After initial treatment with the appropriate medication, the severity of his pain decreases.  He also experiences increased diuresis with highly alkaline urine.  The drug used to treat this patient's eye condition predominantly acts on which of the following nephron segments?

• A)A
• B)B
• C)C
• D)D

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